Re: [CR]Comment on Cirque bike classification: "original" v. "restored"

In a message dated 7/3/08 6:39:13 PM, mitch.harris@gmail.com writes:

> Such a bike is often described as original even though it was modified
> after it left the factory.
> Okay, let me throw another one at you. Bicycling Magazine showed a Brian Baylis bike in the Sep/Oct 83 issue. It was a bike that caught my attention enough to have him build a close replica of it a few years ago. (picture here: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Baylis/Baylis_L-deeter.htm). After the photo shoot, Brian repaints the main tubes. See picture on ebay with this number: 250262005914.
> Brian then sells the frame. Which is the original color? It has been
> repainted, but when it left the factory, it wasn't the same color as in the
> magazine, ergo, it is now the color that it left the factory. Is this a
> repaint? Is it original? If Brian now paints the main tubes the original colors
> from the magazine, is it a restoration to the original magazine bike or a
> change to the bike that left the factory?
> Lou Deeter, Orlando FL USA

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